eLearning Mix

Apps and Tools for Making Thinking and Effective Feedback Visible

Workshop Outcomes

  • Learn how to create and use a variety of different thinking and assessment tools.

  • Examine which assessment tools work best in which contexts, to achieve which learning outcomes.

  • Design a series of assessments for implementation in your classroom which demonstrates sound pedagogical application of the tools explored.

CHALLENGE: SOCRATIVE BASELINE ASSESSMENT

  1. Sign up for Socrative using your G Suite account (Log in with Google)

  2. Use the Short Answer to initiate a baseline assessment

  3. Share your assessment in Classroom

CHALLENGE: MAKE STUDENT THINKING VISIBLE WITH DRAWINGS

Combine Google Drawings Graphic Organizers and Visible Thinking Routines bit.ly/thinkingmadevisible

  1. Visit bit.ly/thinkingmadevisible and explore the Thinking Routines

  2. Check out the Drawings templates below.

  3. Use a template from Lindsay Wesner’s awesome template selection to create Drawings Thinking Routines for your students to use next week

CHALLENGE: Create a screencast for use in class

  1. Go to the chrome webstore and get the Screencastify extension

  2. Jump into our collaborative doc and add your name next to one of the apps or tools we have learned about (or add your own app or tool!!)

  3. Record a screencast which briefly explains how to use this tool (your audience is someone with moderate-good tech skills)

  4. Add your video to a new slide in our collaborative slide deck

  5. Remember to add the name of the app or tool as your heading

  6. Celebrate because we now have an awesome collection of simple screencasts that you can use! Woohoo!

CHALLENGE: Assessments that mark themselves? Yes please!


  1. Create a new Google form

  2. In your settings, make this a quiz

  3. Add your questions

  4. Remember to complete your answer key!

CHALLENGE: Reflect on what you are learning in Flipgrid

    1. Go to https://flipgrid.com/

    2. Join our grid using the flipcode: actplterm2

    3. Share one idea you have for how you will use an app or tool in your class next week

    4. Watch other people’s videos

    5. Sign up for Flipgrid using your G Suite account (Log in with Google)

    6. Create your first Grid

    7. Create your first Topic with an assessment reflection activity

BEST TOOL FOR THE JOB?

ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: Be a learning architect

  • Design a series of assessments for implementation in your classroom which demonstrates sound pedagogical application of the tools explored.